The most important scene of my entire film project was arguably the murder. This is because the scene reveals the plot, theme, and genre of the movie. The murder creates a basis for the horror aspect to be incorporated and developed. Specifically, the scene also allows for an opportunity to turn the project from a short film look to the opening minutes of a full movie.
The scene began with a shot from behind of Grace in her room while studying. This specific shot allows for the establishing of the setting in the scene and gives the audience context as to what occurred prior. As she receives the text, I chose to use close-ups of her face to show her expression of confusion and realization to also instill those feelings in the audience.
Then, I utilized a dolly-out shot to reveal the murderer standing behind her with the fake plastic knife. The dolly-out to reveal the larger environment and establish a feeling of isolation towards Grace since she is alone with no one to help her. This pulls the audience back from the action and creates a feeling of detachment before Grace is murdered. The blurriness of the scenes with the phone using less focus helped create a feeling of confusion for viewers as Grace is feeling in the scene.
Lastly, this final scene where the stalker marks off Grace's name is vital to the entire film. It creates a sort of cliffhanger feeling that would encourage viewers to engage with the film and continue watching. The change from the blank knife to the bloody knife being showed also communicates the murder of Grace without showing it and creates. Finally, once all the scenes are put together, it creates the perfect ending to my opening sequence that is entertaining, intriguing, and interesting to hold on to the audiences attention. After filming these scenes, I decided that the initial score I chose for this scene does not at all fit the visuals so, I decided to use a different score. This score is called “Hålsingland” and comes from the soundtrack of the 2019 horror film "Midsommars" and is written by Bobby Krlic. This change in music allows for more suspicious and fear to come from the scene which matches it much better.
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